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Wage and salary earners' workplace accident frequency decreased by 4.3 per cent in 2022

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release | Occupational accident statistics 2022

According to Statistics Finland's data, the number of wage and salary earners' accidents at workplace with minimun 4 days incapacity was 9.0 per one million hours worked in the year 2022. This was 4.3 per cent lower than in the year before. Also the accident incidence rate among wage and salary earners decreased and the accident incidence rate among farmers decreased in 2022 compared with the previous year.

Key selections

  • Wage and salary earners' workplace accident frequency decreased by 4.3 per cent in the year 2022 from the year before.
  • Wage and salary earners' accident incidence rate at work fell by 2.2 per cent and farmers' accident incidence rate at work fell by 8.3 per cent in the year 2022.
  • Construction industry (22,1 accidents at workplace per million working hours) had highest wage and salary earners' workplace accident frequency in the year 2022.
  • Information and communication industry (0,7 accidents at workplace per million working hours) had lowest wage and salary earners' workplace accident frequency in the year 2022.

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13ql
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  • Sex
  • Industry
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year
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  • Period of disability
  • Sex
  • Age group
  • Industry
  • Place of accident
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year
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irregular
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129t
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  • Sex
  • Age group
  • Period of disability
Reference period cycle:
year
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irregular
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12b6
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  • Sex
  • Specific Physical Activity
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year
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year
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12b9
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  • Deviation
  • Sex
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year
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year
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13h8
Classifications used:
  • Sex
  • Part of body injured
Reference period cycle:
year
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year
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13iw
Classifications used:
  • Sex
  • Type of injury
Reference period cycle:
year
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year
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13p6
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  • Sex
  • Contact-Mode of injury
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Occupational accident statistics [online publication].
Reference period: 2022. ISSN=1797-9544. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 4.12.2024].
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